Maria Sofia completes our team of gynecologists.gr, as our aspiring Gynecologist. She graduated in June 2023 from Cambridge Medical School with Distinction. She commenced her specialising training and research at Oxford.

University of Cambridge School of Clinincal Medicine Graduate (2023, Distinction)

CURRENT POSITION

• SPECIALISED ACADEMIC FOUNDATION PROGRAMME IN THAMES VALLEY DEANERY:
• Foundation Year 1 doctor (2023-2024) in Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
• Foundation Year 2 doctor (2024-2025) in Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

ACADEMIC RECORD

• BA DEGREE IN PRECLINICAL MEDICAL STUDIES (2020):
• NATURAL SCIENCES TRIPOS PART II: PHYSIOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT AND NEUROSCIENCE (PDN)
• Class: 1st

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Supervisor in Molecules in Medical Sciences for Gonville & Caius college (2020-2023)
• Pathology Teaching Series for 5th year medical students in Cambridge University
• Clinical supervisor for Part II students for Gonville & Caius college (2021-2022)
• Clinical supervision scheme for 1st year students of Gonville & Caius college (2021-2022)
• Supervisor in Part II PDN for Gonville & Caius college (2020-2021)
• Cancer biology teaching scheme, created for 1st year students in the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford (2020-2021)

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

• CLINICAL – ORIGINAL RESEARCH WITH DR BEARDSALL, CONSULTANT NEONATOLOGIST (2020-2024)
• Continuous glucose monitoring during therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a feasibility study Kalogeropoulou MS, Thomson L, Beardsall K. (2022) . Results presented in the Neonatal Society Spring Conference (2022), and the 2nd Annual Dr Jill Gandy Memorial Lecture on Neonatal Medicine (2022).
• Should continuous glucose monitoring be used to manage neonates at risk of hypoglycaemia? Kalogeropoulou MS, Iglesias-Platas I, Beardsall K. (2023). Front. Pediatr., 21 March 2023, Sec. Neonatology, Volume 11 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1115228
• Neonatal hyperinsulinism: a retrospective study of presentation and management in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit in the UK (September 2024) Kalogeropoulou MS, Couch H, Thankamony A, Beardsall K. https://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2024/09/19/archdischild-2024-327322 Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2024-327322
• CLINICAL RESEARCH WITH MR SHARMA, CONSULTANT OPHTHALMOLOGIST (2020-2021)
• Case series investigation of the effectiveness of fingerprick autologous blood (FAB) treatment for recurrent corneal erosion syndrome (RCES). Case series presented in EuCornea conference (2021), and ESCRS conference (2021).
• AUDIT IN HALL PRACTICE GP SURGERY (2023) Audit performed to investigate the current management of eosinophilia in the practice. A template was introduced to aid with the initial screening following the detection of eosinophilia. Two audit cycles completed.
• AUDIT IN MILL ROAD GP SURGERY (2021) Audit performed to assess the percentage of patients previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus, who have had their annual HbA1C tests. Implemented changes to improve the outcomes. Two audit cycles completed.
• EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT IN THE WATSON LAB, CENTRE FOR TROPHOBLAST RESEARCH, PDN (2019-2020)
• Histological assessment of placentas derived from Mtrrgt/gt mice and wild-type mice derived from a Mtrr+/gt maternal grandfather to assess the placental defects in relation in the fetal growth phenotype. Further investigation of differentially expressed placental genes indicated potential gene pathways through which abnormal folate metabolism affects fetal growth over multiple generations.

AWARDS:

• AWARDS Gandy Award, 2nd Annual Dr Jill Gandy Memorial Lecture on Neonatal Medicine (2022)
• Bettie Knott Prize, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine (2021)
• Sahara Essay Prize, Gonville & Caius College (2021)
• Anne Pearson Prize for Medicine, Gonville & Caius College (2021)
• Clinical Scholarship, Gonville & Caius College (2021)
• Gonville & Caius College Scholar (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Tancred scholarship, Gonville & Caius College (2020)
• Irving Fritz Memorial Prize for Biochemistry, Gonville & Caius College (2018)

CERTIFICATES:

• CERTIFICATES Basic Certification of Improvement Capability, Patient Safety, Leadership, Person- and Family- centred cared, and Triple aim for populations, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (2021)
• Edward Jenner Programme, NHS Leadership Academy (awaiting confirmation)
• Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) e-learning, Clinical Research Network, NIHR (2021)
• Systematic review training, Primary Care Unit and Medical Library (2020)
• Innovation Programme certification, Cambridge MedTech Foundation (2020)
• Nutrition: Health and Sustainability course, EIT Food (2020)

PREVIOUS EDUCATION:

• INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB DIPLOMA), PSYCHICO COLLEGE, ATHENS, GREECE (2017)
• Final grade: 43/45 | High level subject grades: Mathematics 7/7, Chemistry 7/7, Biology 7/7
• A LEVEL PHYSICS (2016)
• Grade: A* | Awarded by Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level